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smshw21
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Posted 14 years ago

Well I'm a complete rookie to this but these are the cities I'd love to visit.
Any advice on whether Istanbul/Athens are worth it and how easy it would actually be to get up to Croatia from Greece.
Any tips for places to stay/visit/ways to travel along the way would also be very much appreciated!

Cheers babes

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Peter
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replied 14 years ago

Hi.

Currently I do NOT recommend to try to travel by train in [b]Greece[/b]. I don't know what will be the situation in summer, but for now, avoid it:
[u]https://rail.cc/en/new-trains-from-thessaloniki-to-skopje-belgrade-and-sofia/f5508[/u]

Think about a route like this (you can skip cities and do a lot by night trains):

[b]Istanbul - Sofia[/b] (you can skip it if you want by direct night train to:) [b]- Belgrade[/b]
[u]https://rail.cc/en/istanbul-sofia-belgrade-night-train/f1641[/u]

[b]Belgrade - Zagreb[/b]: [u]https://rail.cc/en/belgrade-zagreb-train/f4776[/u]

[b]Zagreb - Split[/b]: [u]https://rail.cc/en/night-train/zagreb-split-b821/129[/u]

[b]Split - Rijeka - Ljubljana[/b]: [u]https://rail.cc/en/rijeka-ljubljana-train/f4774[/u]

In Slovenia you may have a trip to [b]Lake Bled[/b] - I recommend it.

[b]Ljubljana - Italy[/b]: [u]https://rail.cc/en/ljubljana-venice-train/f3663[/u]

In [b]Italy[/b] pay attention to the supplements of the Eurostar Italia trains. Use Regional trains or IC trains (3 EUR supplement or free).

[b]Italy - France[/b]: [u]https://rail.cc/en/milan-nice-marseilles-train/f3857[/u]
The best is to have a an overnight stop in [b]Nice[/b].

[b]France - Spain[/b]: [u]https://rail.cc/en/nice-marseilles-barcelona-train/f3420[/u]
If you have the time, cross the [b]Pyrenees[/b] by the [b]Petit Train Jaune[/b]. It is on your way and a real adventure - and absolutely free of any supplements! :)
[u]https://rail.cc/en/petit-train-jaune-latour-de-carol/f1343[/u]

Peter :)